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Companies that invest the most in green growth earn triple the returns

Corporate Knights

Through this period, the top-quintile companies on sustainable investment posted median annual returns of 14% – vs just 2% a year for the MSCI ACWI. “Most investors used a diversified stock portfolio [such as the ACWI] to shelter their capital and hope for growth,” says Heaps.

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Robeco to Engage Companies on Deforestation, Transition Materials Supply Chain Sustainability

ESG Today

The firm said that the transition minerals engagements will focus both on climate and on human rights, building on existing themes for Just Transition and net zero carbon emissions engagement.

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Companies that invest the most in green growth earn triple the returns

Corporate Knights

Through this period, the top-quintile companies on sustainable investment posted median annual returns of 14% – vs just 2% a year for the MSCI ACWI. “Most investors used a diversified stock portfolio [such as the ACWI] to shelter their capital and hope for growth,” says Heaps.

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When you think climate change, you need to think about water

GreenBiz

American investment management company Essex is putting its money where its mouth is and tackling the water crisis through individual industries. In a similar fashion, British asset management company WHEB is making sure each company it invests in is not only in the process of going zero-carbon but addressing social issues in tandem.

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Funding a More Sustainable Future

3BL Media

assets was either in sustainable investments or tied to ESG practices, 3 with assets set to surge from $35 trillion to $50 trillion in the next three years. Net-zero carbon goals are now expected, and the emphasis is on what companies are doing to get there.”. Continuing growth for sustainability bonds.

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The Challenge of Decarbonizing Cities and Real Estate

3BL Media

KEYWORDS: Buildings, office buildings, cities, decarbonising, sustainable investing, Corporate Responsibility, Real Estate, impact investing, ESG, Carbon Emissions, Real Estate Sector, job creation, biodiversity, natural ecosystems, human health, gender equality.,

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Canada's pension plan shouldn’t be a cheerleader for Alberta’s oil and gas industry

Corporate Knights

Similarly, CPPIB’s chief sustainability officer wrote in CPPIB’s 2023 Report on Sustainable Investing that “consensus has consolidated around the belief that the financial system should be empowered to finance the transition to a low-carbon future rather than mobilized to pursue a divestment agenda.”